Cryopreservation of excised embryos and embryonic axes

Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 211-240

  Normah, M N ^a   Makeen, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72276-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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